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笔记 to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3]
散文 sǎn wén (broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
相声 xiàng sheng comic dialogue / sketch / crosstalk
示意图 shì sketch / schematic diagram / graph
人像 rén xiàng likeness of a person (sketch, photo, sculpture etc)
素描 miáo sketch
剪影 jiǎn yǐng paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
传略 zhuàn lüè biographical sketch
勾画 gōu huà to sketch out / to delineate
段子 duàn zi item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts) / sketch
单口相声 dān kǒu xiàng shēng comic monologue / one-person comic sketch
短剧 duǎn short play; sketch; skit / (neologism c. 2020) short-form video drama (esp. episodic videos made for mobile platforms, typically less than 5 minutes per episode)
构思 gòu to design / to plot / to plan out / to compose / to draw a mental sketch / conception / plan / idea / composition
简述 jiǎn shù to outline / to summarize / to sketch / summary / brief description / concise narrative / in a nutshell / briefly
写生 xiě shēng to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing
勾勒 gōu to draw the outline of / to outline / to sketch / to delineate contours of / to give a brief account of
画稿 huà gǎo rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
勾划 gōu huà to sketch; to delineate
草稿 cǎo gǎo draft / outline / sketch
打底 to lay a foundation (also fig.) / to make a first sketch / to eat sth before drinking / to apply an undercoat
略图 lüè sketch; sketch map; thumbnail picture
笔谈 tán to communicate by means of written notes (instead of speaking) / to publish one's opinion (e.g. as part of a scholarly dialogue) / (in book titles) essays / sketches
生平简介 shēng píng jiǎn jiè biographic sketch
本纪 běn biographic sketch of an emperor
小传 xiǎo zhuàn sketch biography / profile


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